Maharashtra

Rules

Maharashtra Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules 2013 (in Marathi)

Eligibility

The state government has issued a notification (Marathi) which specifies eligibility:

Weaker Section

• • Vimukta Jatis and Nomadic Tribes (VJNT)

  • Other Backward Classes (OBC)

  • Special Backward Classes (SBC)

  • Religious Minorities specified by the State Government

(Annual income of whose parent or guardian is below one lakh rupees)

Disadvantaged Group

• • Scheduled Caste (S.C.)

  • Schedule Tribe (S.T.)

  • Child with disability

Apply

Online Application form (or here)

- application instructions (in Hindi and Marathi)

- read the frequently asked questions

- visit the help centres

- with the following documents based on eligibility criteria for these approved schools

For expert assistance in submitting the applications, please contact

Mumbai

Pune

Solapur

Maharashtra Government Helpdesks

support.education@maharashtra.gov.in

Contact

Minister (School Education and Sports)

Minister of State (School Education)

Additional Chief Secretary (School Education and Sports)

State Project Director (Maharashtra Prathamik Shikshan Parishad)

Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha

Video

[Source: KKPKP, ARC, CLR]

[Source: ARC and CLR, 2014]

Monitor

Number of admissions (online and offline) under the RTE Act (2014-5)

Complain

Education Officer: S/he shall maintain the Register or database of the grievances and shall take immediate appropriate action and communicate to the applicant within eight days

Maharashtra Commission for Protection of Child Rights

News

RTE admissions go online in more cities in Maharashtra this year (The Times of India, 26 February 2015)

Online RTE admission to start on February 23 (Daily News and Analysis, 8 February 2015)

RTE admission woes: Redressal committees to look into complaints (Times of India, 9 May 2014)

Will pay fees for quota students admitted before Supreme Court order, says Maharashtra government (Times of India, 8 May 2014)

Two schools warned for flouting RTE (Pune Mirror, 7 May 2014)

Minority unaided schools in RTE fix (Times of India, 7 May 2014)

No. of applications for RTE quota seats double with online admission system (Times of India, 6 May 2014)

Deadline over, 1,500 seats under RTE quota still vacant (The Indian Express, 6 May 2014)

Online RTE admissions in Maharashtra division headquarters from next year (Times of India, 1 May 2014)

Deadline for online RTE admission extended till May 5 (Times of India, 1 May 2014)

Round 1 ends with mixed feelings, as parents still upset (Pune Mirror, 1 May 2014)

Education dept to set up redressal forum to check RTE Act violations (The Indian Express, 1 May 2014)

Online RTE admissions in Maharashtra division headquarters from next year (The Times of India, 1 May 2014)

Parents protest as school yet to start RTE admissions (DNA, 29 April 2014)

Private schools admit over 2,000 under RTE in Pune (Times of India, 29 April 2014)

19 new schools in second round of RTE admissions (Indian Express, 29 April 2014)

Fortnight's time to sort RTE complaints (Times of India-27-Apr-2014)

Address urgent RTE grievances of parents within 15 days, says govt Indian Express-27-Apr-2014

Maharashtra govt to reimburse fees from class one (Times of India, 25 April 2014)

New India School denies admission to 20 kids, Director of education hints de-recognition (DNA, 22 April 2014)

3,200 sign up for RTE online admissions, few opt for BMC's help centres (DNA, 18 April 2014)

Pvt schools accused of RTE quota violation (Times of India, 12 April 2014 )

Day 2 of RTE admissions: 600 forms uploaded (Times of India, 12 April 2014)

On day 2, RTE online admissions picks up (Daily News & Analysis 11 Apr 2014)

Schools denying admissions, parents allege (Siddharth Gaikwad, Times of India, 11 April 2014)

City to repeat admissions under RTE Act next week (Pune Mirror, 10 April 2014)

Only 63 forms accepted online on Day 1 of 25% Right to Education (Shreya Bhandary, Times of India, 10 Apr 2014)

Poor response, chaos on day 1 (Mumbai Mirror 10 April 2014)

RTE कोटे से ऑनलाइन ऐडमिशन का हुआ आगाज (नवभारत टाइम्स, 10 April 2014)

Online RTE admission starts today (Times of India 09 Apr 2014)

Schools to remain open till May 8 to fulfil RTE norms (Times of India, Abhishek Choudhari, 09 April 2014 )

Over 5000 seats allotted under RTE in first phase (Times of India 07 Apr 2014)

Tussle between parents, schools over admissions (Pune Mirror 07 Apr 2014)

RTE lottery throws up confusion, questions (Pune Mirror, 06 April 2014)

Parents can complain to education department regarding difficulty in admission under RTE (DNA, 6 April 2014)

RTE seats: 5,000 applicants shortlisted (Times of India, 5 April 2014)

90% seats under RTE act in Thane civic body's primary schools (Times of India 05 April 2014)

Govt wakes up to RTE, sets up admission centres (Mid-Day 05 April 2014)

Parents can complain to education department regarding difficulty in admission ... (Daily News & Analysis 5 Apr 2014)‎

Admission rush in private schools, but government schools 'chill out' (Hindustan Times, 5 ‎Apr 2014)‎

Govt wakes up to RTE, sets up admission centres (Mid-Day 5 ‎Apr 2014‎)

Expelled Aaryans kids' parents escalate plaint (Pune Mirror 4 Apr 2014‎)

Second chance for applicants (Pune Mirror, 04 Apr 2014)

Online admissions for RTE seats likely to start on April 7 (Daily News & Analysis 3 April 2014)

Online RTE admissions may be delayed (Times of India 03 April 2014)

Five years on, only 25% seats filled in RTE quota (Mumbai Mirror 27 March 2014)

RTE admissions to be held online from April 1 (Times of India, Shreya Bhandary, 26 Mar 2014)

Schools just won't get their RTE Act together (Indian Express 25 Mar 2014)

Polls come in way of poor seeking admission under RTE (Mid-Day 24-Mar-2014)

Polls come in way of poor seeking admission under RTE (Mid-Day 24 Mar 2014)

Parents sent scrambling for RTE papers (Times of India 22 ‎Mar 2014‎)

Online school admission for kindergarten in Pune begins on Monday (Daily News & Analysis 21 Mar 2014)

Child rights panel asks edu dept to submit report of seats filled under RTE (DNA, 13 March 2014)

Top elite schools in city don’t have a single student under 25% of EWS quota (Dipti Ramesh Sonawane, Indian Express, 18 February 2014)

Over 74% of Right to Education seats vacant in Mumbai (Vinamrata Borwankar, DNA, 30 January 2014)

From 2015-6 Schools need to admit RTE students first (Swati Shinde Gole, Indian Express, 31 Jan 2014)

'Mumbai schools not ready for RTE online admissions' (Shreya Bhandary, Times News Network, 29 Jan 2014)

RTE admissions to start from Feb 15 (Times News Network, 28 January 2014)

Help at hand for RTE online admissions (Vishwas Kothari, TNN, 3 January 2014)

Iffy future for RTE online admission (Times News Networ, 31 December 2013)

Lack of awareness about RTE Act in private schools: Survey (Press Trust of India, 28 January 2014)

Building a new school system (Karthik Muralidharan, Live Mint 28 January 2014)

Now, helpdesks for RTE online admissions (Vishwas Kothari, TNN, 3 January 2014)

RTE implementation slow, only 321 schools seek reserved quota fund (Ardhra Nair, Indian Express, 15 Oct 2013)

Schools mull legal action against Maharastra over unpaid RTE bills (Abhishek Choudhuri, Times of India, 15 Oct 2013)

Schools to conduct survey for RTE beneficiaries (Piyush Bhusari, TNN | Sep 22, 2013)

Bombay high court reserves verdict on RTE for unaided minority schools (Vishwas Kothari, TNN, 12 October 2013)

Schools yet to give information on RTE admissions (Shreya Bhandary, TOI, 25 September 2013)

RTE Act takes a hit, poor are cold-shouldered in state schools (Ardhra Nair, Partha Sarathy Biswas, Indian Express, 25 September 2013)

SoBo institutes fared poorest in Mumbai for quota admissions under education Act (Shreya Bhandary, TNN, 8 August 2013)

Start CAP for seats under RTE Act: NGOs (Express News Service, 8 August 2013)

Just 3 in 100 students admitted in schools of Mumbai under RTE quota (Shreya Bhandhary, TNN, 7 August 2013)

Mumbai: Schools, govt play blame game over unfilled seats under RTE quota (TNN, 7 August 2013)

School's minority plea in HC (Swati Deshpande, TNN, 6 August 2013)

188 schools submit details under new RTE provision (Himanshu Nitnaware, TNN, 6 August 2013)

Non-clearance of RTE bills may force fee hike (Abhishek Choudhari, TNN, 6 August 2013)

930 more RTE quota seats filled in July, total 3,288 (Puja Pednekar, Hindustan Times 6 August, 2013)

Mumbai second worst in education Act admissions, small towns ahead (Swati Shinde Gole, TNN, 6 August 2013)

RTE seats cannot be turned to open category: new policy (Hindustan Times, 2 August 2013)

No deadline for EWS students' admissions (TNN, 31 July 2013)

Admissions under RTE throughout the year (DNA, 31 July 2013)

Admissions end, but no clarity on unfilled RTE seats (Puja Pednekar, Hindustan Times 31 July, 2013)

14 Mumbai schools under dept scanner for flouting 25% RTE quota norm (Puja Pednekar, Hindustan Times 25 July, 2013)

Civic administration assures RPI protesters of seat in private schools for poor students (Sandhya Nair, TNN, 24 July 2013)

RPI on hunger strike to admit poor students in Mira-Bhayander private schools (Sandhya Nair, TNN, 23 July 2013)

Darda claims 50% seats under RTE filled in MMR (Dipti Sonawala, Indian Express, 30 July 2013)

Even after 13 months, RTE bills still unpaid (Abhishek Choudhari, TNN, 16 July 2013)

What RTE? Nalasopara school turns away six ‘poor’ parents (Sandhya Nair, TNN, 16 July 2013)

Don’t open EWS seats to general category: KKPKP (Express News Service, 13 July 2013)

More than 70% RTE seats go vacant in Nagpur division (Abhishek Choudhari, TNN Jul 11, 2013)

RTE: EWS seats vacant till July 31 will go to general students (Express News Service, 9 July, 2013)

Schools against leaving unfilled RTE seats vacant (TNN, 5 July, 2013)

25% reserved seats unfilled in schools? Leave them vacant (Swati Shinde Gole,TNN, 4 July, 2013)

Education minister cracks the whip; RTE bills may be cleared soon (Abhishek Choudhari, TNN, 27 June, 2013)

More parents report discrimination cases (Swati Shinde Gole, Times of India, 27 June 2013)

RTE in place, but where's equality? (Swati Shinde Gole, Times of India, 26 June 2013)

Edu Board comes up with Plan B to push for RTE compliance (Mohan Patil, Pune Mirror, 17 June 2013)

ZP orders SV Union to refund admission fee to 45 students in Pune (DNA, 12 June 2013)

Kids of transgenders, sex workers don't need father's name for school admissions in Maharashtra (Times of India, 4 June 2013)

New schedule announced for EWS quota admissions in Pune (Indian Express, 29 May 2013)

Bishop's allowed to fill 75% seats (21 May 2013)

Now, schools to have RTE lessons (Ketaki Latkar, Pune Mirror, 19 May 2013)

Religious minorities now under RTE's 25% free quota (Abhishek Choudhari, TNN, 10 May, 2013)

Not bound by EWS quota, these schools still fill it (Indian Express, 12 May 2013)

Education dept clueless over lost Nagpur RTE bills (Abhishek Choudhari, TNN, 30 Apr, 2013)

Kids denied admission to Class I under RTE quota (Shreya Bhandhari, TNN 23 April, 2013)

Schools yet to get RTE reimbursements (Abhishek Choudhari, TNN 23 April, 2013)

3183 seats vacant under RTE in Nagpur primary schools (nagpurtoday.in, 9th April 2013)

Four city schools take RTE to slum children’s doorstep (Puja Pednekar, Hindustan Times, 5 April 2013)

School gets notice for flouting RTE Act (Tanaji Khot, Mumbai Mirror 2 April 2013)

CM directs for implementation of RTE Act (City Plus, Malad Edition, 30 March 2013)

RTE just on paper as deadline looms (Charu Sudan Kasturi, Hindustan Times, 29 March 2013)

Pvt member's bill seeks to widen Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act ambit (Sanjeev Devasia, DNA, 25 March 2013)

'Govt lax about RTE provisions' (TOI, 23 March 2013)

MSFEI slams state govt for casual approach to RTE implementation (Indian Express, 23 March 2013)

Unaided minority schools exempt from 25% quota (Shreya Bhandari, TOI, 20 March 2013)

Crippled by lack of clear directives (Alok Deshpande, 17 February 2013)

RTE for underprivileged: NGOs say govt not publicising quota (Ketaki Latkar, Pune Mirror, 9 Jan 2013)

67,306 admitted to schools under RTE (Indian Express, 24 July 2012)

Under RTE, no takers for Marathi medium schools (Indian Express, 31 July 2012)

Only 32 per cent admissions under RTE in state (Indian Express, 31 July 2012)

Nagpur state board schools report 98% vacant free seats under RTE quota (Time s of India, 6 July 2012)

'Right To Education came as divine intervention' (Abhishek Choudhari, TOI, 10 June 2012)

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